How to Make Homemade Sausage

Chef, butcher, and charcutier Eric Finley demonstrates how to make 3 different types of homemade sausages: Italian Chicken; Merguez Lamb; and Chorizo. All the meat that Finley uses, including for sausage making, and charcuterie items, he carefully sources from farmers he knows and trusts. How an animal is raised, fed, and treated throughout their entire life is an important part of the story, as is how the slaughtered animal is processed by the butcher, both aspects are key determinants in the final taste and quality of the products that Finley makes.

Charcuterie is the branch of cooking devoted to prepared meat products such as bacon,ham, sausage, terrines, galantines, pâtés, much of it from pork. Originally intended as a way to preserve meats before the advent of refrigeration, they are prepared today for their flavors derived from the preservation processes.—from Wikipedia

Homemade Sausage Recipes:

Each recipe makes 8 links and suggested serving size is 2 per person.
Recipe courtesy Eric Finley of Chop Butchery & Charcuterie

Chicken Italian Sausage
Ingredients:

• 2# boneless chicken thighs
• 1 T salt
• 1 t black pepper
• 1 t chili flakes
• 2 t fennel seeds
• 1 t garlic
• 2 t olive oil
• 1 t lemon juice

Chorizo
Ingredients:

• 2# pork shoulder
• 1 T salt
• 1 t black pepper
• 1 t chili flakes
• 2 T smoked paprika
• 1 t ground cumin
• 1 t ground coriander
• 2 t garlic
• ½ t brown sugar
• 1 T redwine
• 1 t red wine vinegar

Lamb merguez
Ingredients:

• 2# lamb shoulder
• 1 T salt
• 2 t black pepper
• 1 t cayenne
• ½ t cinnamon
• 1 t ground cumin
• ½ t ground coriander
• 2 t garlic
• 2 T paprika
• 2 t parsley
• 2 t cilantro

Instructions to make the 3 different sausages:

1. Grind meat 1 time through a grinder.
2. Season ground meat with spice mixture.
3. Send meat mixture through grinder one more time.

Tips: Always keep meat as cold as possible through the grinding process so the fat does not melt. Grind your meat in a bowl that is on top of another bowl with ice in it.

1. Use 36/38 hog casings for standard sausage size. You can get online at sausagemaker.com or butcherpacker.com. or you can get them from your local butcher.
2. Link sausage in 6 inch increments.
3. Cook all the way through.
4. Grill over medium heat 4-5 min a side or sear in a pan with a little oil over medium heat 5 min a side.
5. Let rest for 2 min before cutting into them.